Shane Watson will not bowl in Adelaide, and accepts that his inability to do so will count against him significantly at the selection table ahead of the second Test against South Africa

Any sense of haughtiness among Australia's players, after what amounted to a points-victory over South Africa in Brisbane, has been ardently shooed away by Michael Hussey

Michael Hussey and AB de Villiers have indicated that the verbal duel between the two teams, which reached its height on the final afternoon in Brisbane, will resume in Adelaide

Shane Watson's return to the Australian Test squad for Adelaide has ramped up pressure on David Warner to hold his spot at the top of the order

South Africa's batsmen were too easily distracted when batting during the first Test and should improve their concentration, says David Warner

Third umpire interventions currently used in the domestic limited overs competition and the BBL may be on the way to being scrapped at season's end

Shane Watson is surplus to Australia's requirements for the Test series against South Africa unless he can prove himself fit enough to bowl

Justin Langer has been confirmed as Western Australia's new coach, leaving his role as an assistant with the national team to try to improve the state side's fortunes

South Africa began the first Test looking every inch the world's best team. They ended it cornered, scrapping unattractively to secure a draw

Ed Cowan smoothed the path for Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey to run South Africa ragged as Australia closed day four on 4 for 487

A day that meandered through its first two sessions after the fashion of South Africa's batsmen became positively lively as Australia's batsmen stumbled then counter-attacked

A nation keen to spend Saturday on the couch had to find other things to do as day two of the first Test between Australia and South Africa was washed out in Brisbane

Spectators who arrived at the Gabba in record numbers for a non-Ashes Test might have expected fire and brimstone from the Australian fast bowlers and plenty of chatter from their slips cordon

Justin Langer will complete his duties with Australia's Test team in Brisbane before an expected announcement of his appointment as the new coach of Western Australia

While trying his best to ignore the chorus predicting him to be the first batsman to find his way out of the Australian Test team this summer, Ed Cowan is out to change a few perceptions

ESPNcricinfo's preview of the first Test between Australia and South Africa in Brisbane

Australia's former bowling coach Craig McDermott is hoping he can help prevent the next generation of fast bowlers from succumbing to the kinds of problems afflicting Pat Cummins

Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers have lost both their captain and coach in little more than a week after Lachlan Stevens elected to follow Marcus North in quitting his role at the WACA

Michael Clarke believes the difficulties of last year's South Africa tour, and the trip to Sri Lanka that preceded it, were the making of his captaincy

The back stress fracture that will keep Pat Cummins out of the home summer has in turn elevated Josh Hazlewood to the Australia's mandatory five-man pace battery ahead of the Gabba Test against South Africa